Up to 60 cm of snow fell. 4 people died nationwide. Up to minus 35.8 degrees Celsius were measured in Spain.
Sources:
https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/spanien-starker-frost-madrid-versinkt-
Schneechaos in Japan
Insassen von rund 1000 Autos mussten die Nacht vom 18.12. auf 19.12.2020 auf der Autobahn verbringen.
Sources:
https://www.stern.de/panorama/video-schneechaos-in-japan-9538680.html
Snowstorm in New York and the entire east coast of the USA
The worst snowstorm in years. Several people have died in traffic accidents.
Sources:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1272475743124428&id=100010
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/12/17/snowstorm-mid-atlant
https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/panorama/katastrophen/id_89144060/
https://de.euronews.com/2020/12/17/new-york-city-von-wintereinbruch-ub
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3606702542748340&id=100002
Atomkraftwerke und der Anstieg des Meeresspiegels
Last change: Isolde Moussot 16.12.2020
Atomkraftwerke brauchen für den Betrieb viel Wasser. Deshalb sind viele direkt an den Küsten und an Flüssen gebaut. Was mit Atomkraftwerken passieren kann, wenn der Meeresspiegel ansteigt, können wir sehen, wenn wir die Kathastrophe von Fukushima betrachten.
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Further links:
https://www.welt.de/debatte/die-welt-in-worten/article12830627/Das-Dil
https://www.focus.de/wissen/klima/klimawandel_aid_123850.html
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/klimakrise-warum-der-meeres
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuklearkatastrophe_von_Fukushima
which fill up with water and do not even have a substructure to protect them from the cold and water. And that in the European Union!
Sources:
https://www.fr.de/politik/moria-griechenland-lesbos-gefluechtetenlager
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/refugees-stuck-in-moria-2-ca
https://www.facebook.com/106807430962325/posts/225139272462473/
https://www.facebook.com/106807430962325/posts/224530199190047/
Further links:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3597330930352168&id=100002
A way out of factory farming
Factory farming still exists in many places around the world. Many have eaten meat without thinking about where it comes from. Now many of us have become aware of how much meat consumption harms nature and the climate.
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An extreme weather situation with hurricanes preceded the extraordinary event.
Sources:
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20201215-sea-foam-swamps-aust
Neuer Gesetzentwurf für Solarenergie in Berlin
In Berlin sollen zukünftig alle Neubauten verpflichtend mit Solaranlagen ausgestattet werden. Dasselbe gilt bei Dachumbauten und Dachsanierungen.
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China opens world's largest pig farm
2.1 million pigs are to be bred there annually
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-swinefever-muyuanfoods/flush-
84,000 sows and their offspring are to be housed in the new mega-farm near Nanyang. This mega-farm about ten times the size of breeding facilities in the USA...
Sources:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-swinefever-muyuanfoods/flush-
https://www.bauernnetzwerk.at/china-weltgroste-schweinefarm-eroffnet/
Today the last tree for the A49 motorway was felled in Dannenröder Wald - Hessen, Germany
The protest continues
announce climate protectors, who support the Dannenröder forest and have even stayed in the forest at freezing temperatures to fight for the life of every single tree.
Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2044220965882108/permalink/24945833241
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2044220965882108/permalink/24954390807
Further links:
November 2020 is the warmest since weather records began
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/klima-november-2020-waermster-seit-
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) announced this today in London.
Sources:
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/klima-november-2020-waermster-seit-
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2020/12/07/novembre-2020-mois-d
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/12/07/warmest-november-hot
A bush fire has been raging on Fraser Island in Australia for 6 weeks
Since 1992 the island has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Last change: Isolde Moussot 07.12.2020
Half of the largest sand island on earth has already been devastated by bush fires. Now a village is threatened by the flames.
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgZDh_aQaF8
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/australien-fraser-island-101.html